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Checklist for Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (Amphipod)
and region Southern Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
32
36
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
31
35
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
21
24
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
7
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Alberta
7 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods2SpeciesTaxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids3SpeciesTaxom
Hyalellidae Gurjanova, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae (Dana, 1849)1SpeciesTaxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Alberta
8 Genera with 10 Species
Bactrurus Hay, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyx Bate, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1758Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus3SpeciesTaxom
Hyalella Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lepidactylus Say, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Neritina1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Alberta
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Bactrurus brachycaudus Hubricht & M..., 1940Short-tail bactrurid
Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield, 1958Northern river crangonyctid
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1864An Amphipod
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus Bousfield, 1958
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Hyalella azteca Saussure, 1858Mexican Freshwater Shrimp
Lepidactylus dytiscus Say, 1818
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Neritina crepidularia melanostoma von Martens, 1908
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988

Subnodes of Amphipoda with occurrences in Southern Alberta
SuborderAmphilochidea
Boeck, 1871
3
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSenticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
4
5
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Amphipoda at artfakta.se
Amphipoda at biodiversity.org.au
Amphipoda at dyntaxa.se
Amphipoda at gbif.org
Amphipoda at irmng.org
Amphipoda at itis.gov
Amphipoda at marinespecies.org